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Mortars landing everywhere and houses, not only on tripoli street where the heavy fighting is but attack, mortars, rockets, landing everywhere, the site of some of the most brutal and intense fighting we've seen in all of libya, shannon. shannon: absolutely volatile at this point. conor powell, thank you very much. fired for sleeping on a very important job. two air traffic controllers, getting the axe, following a series of embarrassing and dangerous incidents. both caught sleeping in the control towers at two separate airports, one in miami, the other, in knoxville, tennessee. another cont...

It may have started in the public mind, but this has been going on for a while. why wasn't it addressed sooner? >> well, i just found out about it, candy, when i found out about it i was outraged. i called it ridiculous behavior. as soon as we found out about it, the first one was washington national airport. the controller was suspended and we put another controller in the control tower and we've done that in other control towers. i've been on this job two and a half years. as soon as i heard about this we have taken steps. the faa implementing new regulations to avoid these problems like m...

On the way down. the hood was sliced off and the windshield smashed in. no serious injuries. a military aircraft made an emergency landing. the national guard cargo plane crashed down at an airport in colorado springs yesterday. the video shows smoke rising from the aircraft. you will be able to see that in a second. the crew made a rough landing as -- there you see it. there's the smoke. again, in this case, nobody was hurt. the plane suffered significant damage, however, to its landing gear. >> i'll say. >> let's stay on planes, this wake-up call for air traffic controllers new rules in pl...

Safety of people flying around in airplanes and guiding them in and out of airports. >> i guess i wonder whether nine hours to you makes common sense that someone would. for instance, you could work a 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. shift, so you're up at 6:00 a.m., and on the job at 6:00 a.m. and come back for the 11:00 p.m. overnight. >> we made sure the controllers don't try to switch out so they can get a long weekend. we also put more supervisors on early in the morning and late at night, to make sure the controllers are doing what they are supposed to be doing. >> again, we came to an agreement w...

Get a three-day weekend here, and more managers on duty to cover your early and late-night hours. the faa administrator and head of the air traffic controllers' union are also beginning a tour of control towers around the country. that begins today. one thing transportation secretary ray lahood says won't happen, allowing controllers to take naps during their shifts. >> paying controllers to sleep will not be part of what we do at the faa. we're not going to pay controllers to nap. >> joining us by skype, mary ski yav voe currently an aviation attorney. good to have you on this morning. this i...